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OPINION: One of the better parts of being on the Ashburton water zone committee is you get to meet interesting people out in the field and you are not always stuck in the committee room.

Water supply during the Northland Field Days is always top of mind for organisers.

 Water is something we often take for granted but over recent years, through the droughts inflicted on us, I have seen many farms whose water systems have been lacking.

A Ravensdown ClearTech effluent treatment system installed at the Lincoln University Dairy Farm (LUDF) has saved over 600,000 litres of freshwater in its first month of operation.

More than 600km of Taranaki river and stream banks will be planted with a million native plants next winter as the region’s farmers take advantage of a $5 million government boost.

A $300 million project has been signed to try and prevent sediment loss from land to sea at Kaipara Harbour.

Ben and Yvonne Lee weren’t born into farming but have taken it up with vigour.

Farmer Jane Smith claims that farmers find comments from David Parker, Damien O’Connor and the Green Party’s James Shaw nauseating.

Award-winning, environmentally-focused farmer Jane Smith wonders whether she’s farming in North Otago or North Korea.

OPINION: From my observations of general media reporting it seems that in today’s world no one wants to take responsibility for their actions.